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JMW

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(Msg. 16) Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:58 pm
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"Larisa" <purple_bovine DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
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>0901453765 wrote:
>> Cool- that guy was insane- you know he wrote the books Total
>> recall,Minority report and I Robot were based on-check him out in your
>> local library-his output is much more accessable(sic) than say Isaac
>> Assimov,
>
>Actually, "I, Robot" was based on Isaac Asimov's book of the same name.

By the same token, he forgot to mention "Screamers" (Peter Weller)
based on the short story "Second Variety," as well as "Impostor" (Gary
Sinise) and "Paycheck" (Ben Affleck) based on stories of the same
name, all by PKD.

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(Msg. 17) Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:28 pm
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carl_miller23.DeleteThis@hotmail.com (Carl Miller) wrote:

re Dick and _Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?_

>that little flick called Blade Runner. (And thanks for
>reminding me what book it was based on. I was
>trying to think of that just the other day.)

Picked up the director's cut of Blade Runner at Wally World for five
bucks, yeah, just the other day. Great stuff.

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(Msg. 18) Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:11 am
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Manco,
In my experience I have noticed that machines seem to injure me
sometimes due to the limited range of movement. I don't have the same
problems with free weights. I also feel like I get a better workout
with free weights so that is primarily what I use. The only machines
that typically use are the pec deck and the cables for triceps and
sometimes pulldowns. Free weights could cause injuries that were more
serious if someone was careless with them but for a careful lifter I
would actually say that they are generally more safe from my
experience.

James
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(Msg. 19) Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:08 pm
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James talks alot of snese-I always feel like I have had a good workout
with free weights-also you cant cheat!
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(Msg. 20) Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:22 pm
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(Msg. 21) Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:56 pm
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HTF?bending your back? TYF- hernias aint cool
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